Test drive mishap leaves car suspended out of fourth floor window

A Chinese man had a very eventful test drive of a new car after crashing it through the window of a fourth floor car showroom.

This test drive turned out to be a right pane for this high-rise showroom (Picture: CEN)

Crashing while out on the road is the nightmare scenario for any motorists test driving a brand new car but Lin Hu didn’t even get that far as he tried out a new motor in in Liuzhou city.As he started his drive from a high-rise showroom in the city he attempted to hit the brake, stepping on the accelerator instead.The car lurched forward, smashing through the glass wall of the showroom.It was left dangling half in and half out of the showroom, 50 feet in the air.

One witness said: ‘There was a bang like a shot from a cannon and the window fell out and the car’s nose shot out.’

Local police say the terrified motorist managed to stop just in time and he and a salesman scrambled through the car’s rear doors back to safety and the fourth floor showroom.

China’s driving test requirements gained notoriety in recent years as it was revealed that drivers are asked where they should aim their spit should they need to clear their throat while behind the wheel.

Accidents are also frequent in the country, with figures from 2010 revealing a total of 3.9 million crashes on the nation’s roads, with driving backwards on highways not an uncommon sight.